WM - Melrose Park Transfer Station
Melrose Park, IL
Facility details
- Address
- 4700 W Lake St
Melrose Park, IL 60160 - Phone
- (708) 345-7735
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- wm.com
- Facility type
- Transfer Station
- Operator
- WM (Waste Management)
- County
- Cook County
- EPA Region
- 5
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20, EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
- Also listed as
- Veolia ES Solid Waste Midwest LLC Melrose Park TS
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110018256206, 110034165506
Programs on file: ACES 170000463932 · ACES 170000391038 · ACES 170000464824
EPA record updated 2015-12-04
About this facility
A transfer station is a staging point in the solid-waste system. Collection trucks, roll-off haulers and in many places residents with a pickup load drop waste on a tipping floor, where it is consolidated into larger transfer trailers or rail containers and moved to a landfill, waste-to-energy plant or recycling facility. Haulers use transfer stations to keep route trucks working locally instead of driving to a distant disposal site. Some transfer stations are open to the public, while many municipal sites are restricted to residents with a permit or sticker. Larger sites weigh loads and charge by the ton; smaller ones charge per bag or per item. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead, especially for bulky items, construction debris, tires, appliances or anything that may be restricted.
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- BFI Aws Transfer Station 0.2 mi · Melrose Park, IL
- Cozzi Recycling - Public Metal Recycling Center Recycling 1.5 mi · Melrose Park, IL
- Cozzi Recycling Recycling 1.5 mi · Bellwood, IL
- All Metal Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · Franklin Park, IL
- Congress Development Company LF Landfill 1.9 mi · Hillside, IL
- American Waste Processing Ltd Transfer Station 2.2 mi · Maywood, IL
- Northlake Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.3 mi · Northlake, IL
- Midwest Industrial Metals MetalsRecycling 2.4 mi · Northlake, IL
- Tdc Supply Recycling 3.0 mi · River Grove, IL
- Site Recovery Services Inc Recycling 3.1 mi · Elmhurst, IL
Nearest landfill: Congress Development Company LF, Hillside — 1.9 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Midwest Industrial Metals Corporation1.3 mi · Northlake, IL · 5 drivers
- Cozzi Recycling1.4 mi · Bellwood, IL · 20 drivers
- Ata Disposal LLC2.2 mi · Hillside, IL · 1 driver
- Heavenly Angels2.6 mi · Elmhurst, IL · 4 drivers
- DCH Construction & Hauling LLC2.7 mi · Franklin Park, IL · 1 driver
Area served
Serves Stone Park, Berkeley, Melrose Park, Bellwood, Hillside, Elmhurst, Franklin Park, Maywood, River Grove, Broadview, Westchester, River Forest.
County context
One of 84 transfer stations in Cook County, IL.
139 waste haulers in Cook County, IL.
ZIP 60160 at a glance
- Population
- 24,549 (2,082 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 37
- Households
- Median income $66,189 · 30% earn six figures
- Housing
- 57% owner-occupied · median home value $275,197 · median rent $1,176
- Workforce
- 66% labor-force participation · 5.7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Illinois solid-waste agency: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)